From The A-Js Pages

Published: Sunday, December 14, 2008

25 years ago:

David Knaus proved you can go home again Tuesday. Knaus, a four-year veteran of the Texas Tech football coaching staff and a former all-conference nose guard for the Red Raiders during the early 1970s, told The Avalanche-Journal Tuesday that he had handed in his resignation to head coach Jerry Moore to accept a coaching job with the expansion San Antonio Gunslingers of the United States Football League.

50 years ago:

Tahoka may be the smallest town in West Texas with lighted airport runways and lighted "air sock." Lighting equipment recently was installed by Seth Lewis, whose construction company uses airplanes.

75 years ago:

Local Republicans have high hopes of results from the latest bulletin issued by the national committee which quotes Democratic criticism of the New Deal at length.

100 years ago:

Jink Penney is having improvements put on his lots on South Broadway this week.